Light Dance Jiajing

Xing Shuyu was afraid that Zheng Liu would leave one day, so she came up with different ideas to get close to him every day. Zheng Liu was very well-mannered, and even when he was really annoyed, he still looked warm. Although Xing Shuyu was a bit nervous, she was not stupid. She could still sense Zheng Liu's perfunctory attitude, so she felt a little frustrated. Meng'er was very interested that day and pulled her aside to tell her a story to cheer her up: "Once upon a time, when I passed by a cemetery, guess what I saw?"

Xing Shuyu frowned and glanced at her, saying, "What do you want to say? Did you see a ghost?"

Meng'er slapped her thigh and said, "Although it didn't hit the target, it wasn't far away. I saw the ghost lights. They were blue and in clusters. They were scary."

Xing Shuyu screamed, but luckily she was quite brave. She just rolled her eyes at Meng'er and said, "Can't you be quiet for a while? I'm annoyed. What kind of crappy story are you telling? Are you trying to scare me to death? Humph, I'm not afraid."

Meng Er rolled her eyes at her and continued to talk about the main point: "That will-o'-the-wisp is really strange. Why is it blue?"

Xing Shuyu: "How should I know?"

Meng'er looked up at the sky in silence. Is this a wooden head? She resisted the urge to hit Xing Shuyu and gritted her teeth and said, "Blue will-o'-the-wisp, um, blue flame, it's really strange."

Xing Shuyu's mind was full of Zheng Liu, and she was also thinking about the problem they couldn't solve. She couldn't help but mutter, "How did that demon's palm produce flames? Blue flames..." After a pause, she suddenly turned her head and said, "Anan, what did you say? You said the will-o'-the-wisp was blue, blue, the same as the flames produced by that demon's palm."

Meng'er breathed a sigh of relief. You finally got the point, but she pretended to be stupid and said, "Yes, I was talking about the will-o'-the-wisp. How come you've seen it too?"

Xing Shuyu had been thinking hard for many days. Now she had some clues. She started to think excitedly. Like her father, she didn't believe in ghosts and gods. Could the ghost fire in the cemetery have anything to do with the tricks of the demons? Meng'er seemed to be enlightened by her and said in surprise, "What are you thinking? You don't think it has anything to do with some evil cult, do you? It's a ghost fire. You're probably thinking too much. Well, the cemetery I passed by, alas, many poor people died. Their families didn't have money to buy coffins, so they just rolled up straw mats and buried them roughly. After years of wind and rain, you can still see the exposed bones. It's really pitiful..."

Xing Shuyu was listening to Meng'er carefully now. She interrupted Meng'er and murmured, "You said the bones have been exposed. Is there anything else?"

Yan'er pretended to think, then shook her head and said, "Nothing else. Well, now that you mention it, I think it's really a coincidence. Why is it that the more exposed the corpse is, the more ghost lights can be seen?"

Xing Shuyu was surprised and said, "Ah, how could this happen?" She suddenly began to question the authority of her father, an atheist. Could it be that there really are souls? The souls of those dead bodies exposed in the wild are causing trouble. Her face turned pale. Meng'er thought, Oh no, I must be thinking in the wrong way. She quickly led the way to the right path: "Many of those dead bodies are dry and cracked. When the wind blows, the ashes fly everywhere. Ah, it's so scary. I saw so many ghost lights."

At this point, no matter how dumb Xing Shuyu was, she followed her thoughts. She suddenly became excited and said, "An Nan, do you think ashes can burn? What would it look like when they burn? Would it be a blue flame? No, that's not right, but the flame would be so hot."

Meng'er pretended to be excited and said, "You mean...you mean the demon's fire is related to this? Haha, you are really smart. Why don't we go to the kitchen and find a few leftover bones to test it."

Xing Shuyu got excited when she heard it. She was a person who did what she said, and now she couldn't wait any longer. She pulled Meng'er to the kitchen, picked up a few discarded pork ribs, and held them like treasures. At this point, she didn't need Meng'er's enlightenment anymore. She was not stupid. Thinking about the dried bones turning into ashes, she held a kitchen knife in each hand, used her internal energy, swung her arms, and chopped them hard. The bones instantly turned into bone residue. Seeing that the residue was not fine enough, she chopped them hard again, and almost cracked the stove before she stopped. Meng'er was stunned. This was too fierce. She was worthy of being the daughter of the leader of the village, a female hero. Xing Shuyu turned her head and saw Meng'er's surprised and admiring eyes. She waved her arms heroically. Maybe she had used too much force just now, and not only her hands were numb , the kitchen knife was also shaken loose, and the blade actually came off the wooden handle and flew towards Mei'er. Mei'er was so scared that she screamed and squatted on the ground with her head covered. Xing Shuyu was dumbfounded holding the handle of the knife. It was too late to save her. With a bang, the kitchen knife was knocked away by something. Mei'er hugged her head and closed her eyes. She had no idea what had just happened. After a long time, she raised her head with a pale face, and saw Zheng Liu walk over and pick up the sword on the ground. It turned out that he had drawn his sword and knocked the kitchen knife away. Mei'er was still in shock and looked at Zheng Liu in a daze. If it hadn't been for him, she would have been in great danger. Before she could say any words of gratitude, Xing Shuyu rushed over and hugged Mei'er and cried, saying, "You scared me to death... 呜呜... scared me to death..." Mei'er was speechless. Who scared who to death, alas!

Zheng Liu shook his head and looked at Xing Shuyu as if she was an idiot, but he concealed it very well, with a faint look in his eyes, making you feel that he treated everyone the same. Meng'er, the victim, comforted Xing Shuyu for a long time, saying that she was fine, not injured and not scared silly. Only then did Xing Shuyu burst into laughter. Only then did she realize that Zheng Liu was still there, and she felt a little embarrassed. Meng'er smiled gratefully at Zheng Liu, and Zheng Liu nodded to her. He had a good impression of this quiet girl. He himself was a low-key person, so he didn't like noisy girls. In fact, he never paid attention to Meng'er, but in the few contacts they had, he felt that this girl was quiet and not annoying.

Zheng Liu had nothing to do after dinner, so he took a walk. He heard the deafening sound of chopping in the kitchen from a distance, so he strolled over to take a look. As a result, he ran into the scene of "flying knives". Fortunately, he acted in time, otherwise, Meng'er would be injured if not dead. When he saw this little girl trying to coax Xing Shuyu, he couldn't help shaking his head and asked, "It's almost dark, what are you doing?"

Xing Shuyu became excited again when she heard his question, but she didn't dare to say it absolutely before verifying it. She wanted to show off after getting the result, but now that she ran into Zheng Liu, she didn't care. She didn't know if she was nervous in front of Zheng Liu or if she hadn't gotten over the lingering fear just now. She was a little incoherent when she spoke. When she asked why the bones had to be chopped, she didn't explain it clearly, and she went back to the grave that Meng'er told her about. Meng'er's face turned green. Xing Shuyu was stubborn, but Zheng Liu was not. He looked at Meng'er thoughtfully. Meng'er looked back at him with innocence, but his eyes were too deep. Meng'er almost lost her composure and quickly turned her gaze to Xing Shuyu, as if she was listening to what she said seriously. Alas, she was guilty after all. She had already lost the battle of eyes.